Nurse&#39;s cap



Jan- 11, 938- A. A. LAWRENCE 2,104,997

- NURSES CAP Filed July 13, 1936 INVENTOR .ANNA LAWRENCE BY a ATTO

Patented Jan. 11, 1933 NETED STATES 2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in nurses caps, and the object of my invention is to provide a nurses cap which shall be more suitable for the nursing profession than what is now usually worn by nurses, and which will secure in place the hair of the wearer, allowing fresh air to the head, and-fitting comfortably and snugly on the head, and of a very attractive appearance.

I accomplish this object by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cap with gored crown; and

Figure 2 is a front View of the same.

Referring to the drawing, throughout which like reference numerals indicate like parts, numeral i designates the cuff of a cap; numerals 2, 3, 4 and 5, the gores forming the crown of a cap; numerals 6 and l, the pull tapes; numerals 9 and I0, binding strips.

The cuff i is composed of two thicknesses of fabric a and b of sufficient stiffness, the curved edges of which are turned in and sewed together to form a narrow hem, as to E.

To employ in this instance a gored crown, the fabric for the crown is cut into gores with the required curved or straight edges.

The curved edges of the gores 2 and 3 are turned in and sewed together to form a flat seam; likewise the curved edges of the gores 5 and i are turned in and sewed together to form a flat seam; and the straight edges of the gores 3 and Q are turned in and sewed together to complete the crown of a cap. The crown is similar fabric or of a gauze material for the purpose of allowing fresh air to the head and hair of the wearer.

Each thickness of the fabric of the cuff has a curved edge and a straight edge and each gore has straight edges and curved edges.

The straight edges of the two thicknesses of the fabric composing the cuff i are turned in, and the edges of the gores 2, 3, 4 and 5 are inserted between the turned-in straight edges of the two thicknesses of the fabric composing the cufl i, and then sewed together. (Fig. 1, F.) A narrow 5 biased strip of fabric 9 is sewed to the inside edge of the crown at the cuff I. The edge of the strip is turned in before sewing. The strip is then turned inward and the upper edge is turned in and sewed to the inside of the crown. This strip forms a reinforcing band to the crown at the cuff.

The cuff i is then folded along the lower edge of the strip 9 and turned backward over the front of the crown of the cap.

5 The lower edge of the crown, as at G, is turned in, and a narrow biased strip of fabric is is sewed to the inside edge of the turned-in lower edge of the crown. The edge of the narrow strip is turned in before sewing. The strip is then turned inward and the upper edge of this strip is turned in and sewed to the inside of the crown of the cap. This strip forms a reinforcing band to the crown of the cap.

Where it is desired to use pull tapes, slits, as at C and D, are made in said strip, in which are inserted pull tapes 6 and l. The inserted ends, A and B respectively, of the pull tapes are passed under and along said strip and are sewed at the inner ends thereof near very slight gathers which are taken in the lower edge of the crown near its connection with said cuif in sewing said strip thereto, as at H.

To wear a cap of this style, the cap is adjusted on the head, the hair at the back of the neck tucked in, and the pull tapes tied in a bow so as to gather in comfortably and snugly the lower edges of the hemmed gores 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Obviously change may be made in the forms, dimensions and number of parts of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is:

1. A can of the class described including a cuff of two thicknesses of a fabric of sufficient stiffness for the purpose, each thickness of the fabric having a straight edge and a curved edge, said curved edges being turned in and sewed together to form a narrow seam, gores of a similar fabric or of a gauze material, each gore having straight edges and curved edges, said curved edges of the outer of said gores being turned in, said curved edges of the inner of said gores being turned in, said turned-in curved edge of one of said outer gores and said turned-in curved edge of one of said inner gores being sewed together to form a fiat seam, likewise the turned-in curved edge of the other of said outer gores and the turned-in curved edge of the other of said inner gores being sewed together to form a fiat seam, said straight edges of said inner gores being turned in and sewed together to form a flat seam and complete the crown of the cap, said straight edges of the two thicknesses of the fabric of the cufi being turned in, between which being inserted the front edge of the crown and being sewed together, a narrow biased strip, one edge being turned in and being sewed to the inside edge of the crown at the cuff, said cuff being folded along the lower edge of said strip and being turned backward over the front of the crown, the lower edge of the crown being turned in, a narrow biased strip, said strip being sewed to the inside edge of the turned-in lower edge of the crown, the lower edge of said strip being turned in before sewing, said strip being I turned inward, the upper edge of said strip being turned in and sewed to theinside of the crown, and pull tapes, said tapes being inserted in slits in said last mentioned strip and under and along said strip and being sewed at the inner ends thereof to said strip.

2. A capof the described class involving a cufi, a crown composed of gores, a biased strip attached 

